FAI GND AND LCL CTLRS FAIL TO REALIZE ACFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO WRONG RWY RESULTING IN DEP OVERFLYING ACFT IN POS AT OPPOSITE END OF RWY.

2005-08 · NASA ASRS report 671288

Date: 2005-08 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: atc-issue-all-types|conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe

Synopsis

FAI GND AND LCL CTLRS FAIL TO REALIZE ACFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO WRONG RWY RESULTING IN DEP OVERFLYING ACFT IN POS AT OPPOSITE END OF RWY.

Narrative

THIS RPT DETAILS A RWY INCURSION THAT OCCURRED ON AUG/SUN/05 AT APPROX XA43Z. I WAS WORKING GND CTL AND WAS ALSO CIC. ON LCL WAS A 'TWR RATED ONLY' CTLR. TFC WAS BUSY; BUT NOT DIFFICULT. I HAD TAXIED SEVERAL ACFT TO RWY 1R (RWY 1'S WERE IN USE). ACFT X CALLED FOR TAXI AND I INADVERTENTLY TAXIED HIM TO RWY 19L; OPPOSITE DIRECTION; WHICH HE READ BACK. I DID NOT CATCH MY ERROR. SUBSEQUENTLY; ACFT X CALLED TWR READY FOR DEP ON RWY 19L. THE TWR CTLR TOLD ACFT X TO HOLD SHORT. TWR CONTINUED TO WORK HIS ARRS AND DEPS ON THE ACTIVE RWYS; NOT REALIZING THAT ACFT X WAS AT THE WRONG RWY. WHEN THE TWR WAS READY TO ISSUE DEP CLRNC TO ACFT X; HE TOLD HIM 'RWY 1R; POS AND HOLD.' ACFT X TAXIED ONTO RWY 19L TO HOLD. AT THAT TIME A CESSNA WAS ON TKOF ROLL ON RWY 1R. WHEN TWR SAW ACFT X TAXIING ONTO RWY 19L; HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE CESSNA ABORT HIS TKOF TO NO AVAIL. BOTH ACFT WERE ON THE RWY AT THE SAME TIME; NOSE-TO-NOSE. THE CESSNA (I DON'T RECALL THE CALL SIGN) OVERFLEW ACFT X. CAUSES: I TAXIED ACFT TO WRONG RWY BY MISTAKE. TWR DIDN'T LOCATE HIS ACFT BEFORE GIVING HIM CLRNC ON THE RWY. THUS; AN ERROR/INCURSION OCCURRED.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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